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How to get duplicate key index in mongoose?


Asked by Saul Mullen on Dec 08, 2021 FAQ



E11000 duplicate key error index in mongodb mongoose. 1 step 1 : Go to mongodb installation directory, default dir is " C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.2\bin ". 2 step 2 : Start mongod.exe directly or using command prompt and minimize it. 3 step 3 : Start mongo.exe directly or using command prompt and run the following command.
Just so,
If there is more than one document without a value for the indexed field or is missing the indexed field, the index build will fail with a duplicate key error. You can combine the unique constraint with the sparse index to filter these null values from the unique index and avoid the error.
Thereof, Understanding `unique` in Mongoose 1 Index, Not Validator. A common gotcha is that the unique option tells Mongoose to define a unique index. ... 2 Handling null Values. Since null is a distinct value, you cannot save two users that have a null email. ... 3 User-Friendly Duplicate Key Errors. ...
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Updates can also throw a duplicate key error. For example, if you create a user with a unique email address and then update their email address to a non-unique value, you'll get the same error. A common gotcha is that the unique option tells Mongoose to define a unique index.
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Mongoose models have an _id field that's always unique. If you try to insert two documents with the same _id, you get the below error message. The test.customers part represents the MongoDB collection that the error occurred in.